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WILD AHI/^ALS 


Edited by 

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With Illustrations 

By HARRISON WEIR and others 



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THE SHOWER BATH 


/^^NE morning when Uncle Jack was hunting 
for elephants in I ndia, he went down to the 
river to bathe. What was his surprise to see there 
a family of elephants taking their morning bath! 
Four of them stood in the cool water. They 
splashed about, and rolled in the shallow water, 
like a party of happy children. Uncle Jack says 
he could actually hear them laughing. At last 
one of them filled his trunk with water, and lifting 
it above his head, poured the water all over him¬ 
self. N ow, was that not a convenient way to take 
a shower bath ? 




































































































































THE DEER FAMILY 


T he Deer family are happy from morning to 
night playing in the park. Papa and Mama 
Deer, and the four little Deer. 

They will eat out of the hands of their kind 
master and mistress. But if strangers come near, 
they run and hide in the thick woods of the park. 

If you stand quietly and watch, you can often 
see their bright eyes peering from the bushes. 


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THE SILLY LIZARDS 


^ I ''WO Frilled Lizards met on the narrow 
branch of a tree. “You must move aside, 
that I may pass,” said one. “You must move 
aside,” cried the other, “ that I may pass.” They 
waited each for the other to move, a long time. 
At last they became very angry. “You silly 
things,” called Grandma Lizard from the grass 
beneath, “if each of you keep to your own side 
of the branch, there will be plenty of room for 
both to cross.” 


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HOW DANIEL WAS SAVED 


A LL day long Papa Colonel and his native 
^ guides had hunted for the tiger. At last, 
they found him. He was crouched n the branch 
of a tree bending out over the river. On a smaller 
branch shivered a little gray monkey. In a very 
few moments the tiger would have sprung for him. 
But Papa Colonel took careful aim, and fired. 
The tiger fell dead into the shallow river. Seeing 
that he did not move, the monkey crept down the 
tree, and crouched at Papa Colonel’s feet, as if he 
knew he had saved him, and was thanking him. 
Papa Colonel brought him home. He named him 
“ Daniel. ” He will follow Papa Colonel every¬ 
where, save upon the tiger skin which lies before 
the library fireplace. 


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THE PROUD RAT 


B ORS was a very proud rat. Charles, the 
gardener, had put a ribbon around his neck. 
The ribbon held a bell. “No other rat has a 
bell,” he thought. And he felt very much above 
all his neighbors. But the other rats were afraid 
of the bell. They scampered away as fast as they 
could when Bors came near them. At last Bors 
became very lonely. He wished he could take off 
the bell. “ I had rather be just a common rat,” he 
said, “and have some friends.” 



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THE FOOLISH MEN OF JINDEY 


O NCE there was a wounded lion lying in the 

thick jungle grass. “We can take him 

alive,” said the natives of a village near, “ and sell 

him to some white men. White men will buy 

anything.” So the Kaffirs took the frame of one 

of their huts, and carried it into the jungle. “We 

will drop it over the lion, so he cannot move. 

Then we will tie him with cords, and lead him 

away,” they said. But by the time they reached 

the jungle, the lion felt better. He sprang from 

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the grass, and stood before them straight and tall. 
The Kaffirs were so terribly frightened, they 
dropped the frame over the lion, and themselves 
too! “ Then,” says the old tale, “ the lion ate those 
foolish men of Jindey.” 


















































































































POOR BROWNIE 


“T^O you know, dear child,” said Mama 
-L-' Monkey to Brownie, “ I think you would 
be prettier if you were white.” Suddenly she spied 
a bucket of white paint which one of the sailors 
had left on deck. She seized the brush covered 
with white paint. Then she held Brownie by the 
shoulder. And soon Brownie was white from his 
head to the tip of his tail. “You look beautiful,” 
said Mama Monkey. But Brownie did not feel 
beautiful. Particularly when he tried to lick off 
the paint, and afterward when the sailors gave 
him a bath in turpentine. Poor Brownie! 


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MONARCH 


TN the zoological gardens of New York, is a 
beautiful Rocky Mountain goat. He has 
plenty to eat, and a large space over which to 
roam. But he longs for the great cliffs of the 
mountains, where he was born. He and his 
brothers and sisters used to climb to their very 
summits. They were happy, sniffing the cool 
fresh air, and springing lightly from one rock to 
another. Every one is kind to “ Monarch,” the 
goat. But, oh, he wishes he were free. 
































































































THE STORY ROB’S FATHER TOLD 


^"^THEN Rob’s father was a soldier in Africa, 
’ * he used to go lion hunting. Once on one 
of these hunts, he wandered away from his Kafhr 
boys. It was very warm, and Rob’s father fell 
asleep under a tree. Suddenly he was awakened 
by a terrible roar. Not ten feet from him crouched 
an enormous lion. Rob’s father had not even time 
to snatch his rifle, • which he had carelessly laid 
down beyond his reach. He climbed into the 
tree, holding on to one of the branches. The lion 
was sure of his prey, and lay quietly watching it. 
Rob’s father called loudly for his Kaffir boys. 
But for a long time they did not hear. The man’s 
strength was almost gone. He was nearly falling 
from the tree, when the Kaffirs rushed from the 
jungle and killed the fierce lion. 




















THE FAITHFUL STAG 


T'TTHEN the sun rose that morning, King 
^ * Stag and his mate were wandering hap¬ 
pily together through the woods. As they stopped 
at the edge of the river to drink, a hunter leaped 
from the bushes and shot poor Una, King Stag’s 
mate. All day she lay there. All day King Stag 

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waited beside her. He tried in every way he knew 
to awaken her. “ She will never waken,” said a 
comrade stag standing near, in the shallow water. 
“She will never waken,” said an eagle sweeping 
by overhead. But King Stag did not move. And 
there he stood when the hunters came to carry 
away U na. 













































































































THE SURPRISE 


“ T AM afraid we shall have one hunt for noth* 
ing,” exclaimed Uncle Bob to his Kaffir 
boy. “Those lions seem determined we shall not 
find them.” Just as he said this, Uncle Bob and 
Numa came to a path of grass almost as tall as 
they were. As they struggled through it, what do 
you think they saw? Four great lions standing 
together on the other side of the grass. Uncle 
Bob only had his rifle, which Numa carried for 
defence. But the lions seemed as much surprised 
as the man and boy. 

Suddenly, Uncle Bob unfastened the strap which 
held the field glasses. With all his strength he 
hurled the glasses into the midst of the lions. 
The lions had never seen anything like them. 
They pawed and sniffed at them curiously. And 
while they were wondering what they were. Uncle 
Bob and Numa succeeded in safely reaching the 
camp. 










































































































THE ANTELOPES’ ESCAPE 


TT was a beautiful morning, and Prince Antelope 
and Unga, his mate, were out in the open 
enjoying the fresh air. “There was never so lovely 
a morning,” said Prince Antelope. And Unga 
agreed. Suddenly Prince Antelope heard a growl 
from directly above him. He looked up, and to 
his horror, he saw Black Leopard, the terror of 
the country around, crouching, ready to spring. 
In an instant, the antelopes had turned, and fled, 
as only antelopes can run. Black Leopard fol¬ 
lowed them for a time. Then growling savagely, 
he gave up the chase. Prince Antelope and Unga 
were very thankful that night, far away in a wood, 
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FRIENDS IN NEED 


7HILE the circus was travelling by rail to a 
~ city in the West, its train ran over a 
broken rail, and many cars were smashed and over¬ 
turned. Fortunately, the only animals that escaped 
from their cages were the elephants, and these 
seemed to realize how useful they could be. They 
allowed themselves to be harnessed to cars, drag¬ 
ging them from the tracks, separating the wreckage, 
and so making it possible for many people to get 
out from dangerous positions, where the heavy 
pieces had pinned them. It took these strong 
beasts only a few minutes to do this, while a wreck¬ 
ing train would have been several hours just getting 
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THE SQUIRRELS 


D id you ever see the squirrels at play among 
the trees at Harvard? If you have not, 
ask Mama to take you there. They scamper in 
and out among the branches, chatting gaily all the 
time. If you look up, their gray tails wave like 
plumes. And their bright eyes gleam, as if asking 
you to come and join in the fun. They are not 
a bit afraid of people. Many a time I have held 
out a nut in my hand, and a squirrel would jump 
up and run along my arm, and take the nut from 
my fingers. Then, he would leap to the ground, 
hunt for the best place to buiy the nut; dig a hole 
swiftly, and dropping the nut into it, cover it with 
earth. Then he would pull leaves over the place, 
and then cover carefully with his nimble paws. 
Be sure and carry some with you, when you go to 
see the dear squirrels. 








































































HOW THEY BECAME FRIENDS 


D uke, the largest elephant in the menagerie, 
had a very bad temper. One day he was 
especially cross. But Master Hippopotamus 
walked up to him, and said, pleasantly, “ I t’s a 
fine day. Let us take a stroll! ” Duke was so 
surprised, he forgot to scowl. He actually smiled 
at the daring hippopotamus. 

“He will kill that hippopotamus,” the other ani¬ 
mals in the menagerie wailed, as they gathered 
around. But, no! Duke stood up very straight. 
He liked someone to speak bravely to him. So 
he offered his arm in a very majestic fashion. 
Master Hippopotamus took it. They strolled off 
happily together. “ I would never have believed 
it,” said the other animals, “if I had not seen it 
with my own eyes.” 



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THE LEOPARD SEAL 


HE leopard seal is a very rare animal, and 



seldom captured, though one was taken 
recently on the English coast. It gets its name 
from the peculiar markings of its coat, and is about 
the size of the common seal, which we frequently 
see swimming about in the harbors and along the 
coast of New England. While the seal is usually 
found in the water, where he is perfectly at home, 
he sometimes crawls out to sun himself on a rock 
or on the warm sands, as shown in the picture. 
Their food consists almost entirely of fish, and 
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READY FOR SUMMER 


R eynard the Fox, Swift the Hare, and 
the three Ptarmigan sisters have put on 
their new summer suits, and are having a quiet 
visit together at the foot of Eagle Cliff. Reynard’s 
suit is a dull reddish brown, much the color of the 
heather among which he lives through the summer. 
Swift’s new coat is of soft gray — very like the 
tint of the grass and the bare ground. The gowns 
of the Ptarmigan sisters are of spotted brown, just 
the shade of the rocks and grass where are hidden 
their nests, made of twigs and grass. So you see 
they have been very choice about the color of their 
summer suits; for now they have them on, it will 
be harder than ever for hunters to find them. 




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READY FOR WINTER 


A nd very clever, too, are Reynard, Swift, and 
the Ptarmigans about the color of the clothes 
they wear in winter. Except for his black velvet 
ear caps. Swift’s suit is of pure white. Reynard’s 
is of white also. And the Ptarmigans look like 
pieces of the snow on which they lie; for their 
gowns are as white as the snow. So N ature takes 
care of its helpless children. For in winter, the 
hunters, as they go through the fields and forests 
of the north, have hard work to see the foxes, 
hares and ptarmigans, which have put on their 
winter clothes, as white as the snow and ice around 
them. 


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MAHMOUD’S ADVENTURE 


/fAHMOUD came crashing through the 
bamboo trees. He had wandered away 
from the herd in search of adventure. “ This is 
fun,” he thought. He lifted his head, and trum¬ 
peted loudly. Then, from the forest, leaped a pack 
of hounds. “ I will take no notice of such small 
creatures,” said Mahmoud to himself. “What 
I want is to find a giant, and kill him.” But 
Mahmoud had to notice the hounds. They rushed 
upon him. They climbed upon his back, they hurt 
his sensitive trunk. At last, he ran. But he could 
not shake off his tormentors. And the hunters 
easily captured him. 

Many a time afterward, when Mahmoud was 
hauling logs, he wished he had never left home in 
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FRED’S SHARK 


F red had never been to sea before. But he 
was quite sure that he knew all about fishing 
for sharks. The captain thought that he would 
let him try. At last a great shark not only took 
the bait on Fred’s hook, but rose on a high wave, 
and landed squarely on the deck. Fred had not 
the least idea what to do. The sailors were 
greatly amused. But when the shark began to 
plunge about, and break everything near, they 
stopped laughing and put an end to him. 

Fred was very much ashamed. After that he 
was ready to learn from the sailors how to land 
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SURPRISED 


years ago, I was antelope shooting in 
i. T J. j-j-je wilderness, and had spent many days 
in trying to get a specimen of water-buck for my 
collection of antelope heads. One morning, to 
my joy, I came upon a herd of them. I was alone, 
and some miles away from camp. I crept very 
slowly and cautiously along the bank of the river. 
The herd was grazing peacefully about half a 
mile beyond and I had gotten almost near enough 
to shoot. As I took my position behind a large 
rock, I heard a slight noise in the bushes behind 
me, and was just in time to fire upon a huge lion 
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THE MORNING BATH 


E very morning, bright and early, all the 
Mama Monkeys in the village take their 
children down to the river for a bath. They take 
up the cool water in their hands, and splash it over 
the little ones, like a shower bath. Usually the 
little monkeys think it great fun. They laugh and 
chatter, and when their baths are finished scamper 
about the jungle, and up and down the branches 
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TIGER HUNTING 


O NCE when hunting in India with a com¬ 
panion, on returning to the hut after a 
short absence, I was amazed to find the guide 
alone, and greatly excited. He told me as best 
he could that while he and my companion stopped 
at a spring near the hut to get a drink, they had 
been suddenly attacked by a ferocious tiger. The 
native, frightened almost to death, made all haste 
to the hut, arriving just as I did. As soon as I 
grasped the condition of affairs I rushed to the 
spot. Just as I arrived I heard the report of a 
gun, and a moment later, bursting through the 
bushes, I found the tiger stretched dead on the 
ground, and my friend slightly wounded near by. 














ALI THE CAMEL 


A LI was a Bactrian camel, with long silky hair. 
X JL H e was owned by a ranchman in Nevada. 
One night, some Indians tried to steal him. They 
put a, rope around his neck, and led him to their 
camp. At first Ali was too surprised to resist. 
But soon he realized he had been stolen. His 
rage was terrible. He broke the great rope which 
held him. Then he tore the wigwams in pieces. 
The Indians were afraid of him and ran away. 
Then Ali trotted home, the happiest camel in all 
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IRA’S ESCAPE 


TRA was a little Vermont boy. His way to the 
district school led through thick woods. But 
Vermont boys are not afraid. One day when he 
was nearly home, a great brown bear rushed 
toward him from the bushes. Ira climbed into a 
pine tree, calling loudly for help. His father 
finally heard the boy’s cries. Seizing his gun, he 
ran into the woods. Bruin had already torn Ira’s 
arm with his cruel teeth. But Ira held on to the 
branch of the tree pluckily. Suddenly there was 
a shot, and the great bear fell back, dead. 










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OMAR’S REBELLION 


O MAR was once a King’s elephant. But he 
was sold and had to carry bundles like 
ordinary elephants. He did not like it at all. 
One day, his owner loaded him more heavily even 
than usual. The bundles stuck far out on each 
side of poor Omar’s back. The elephant rebelled, 
in the only way he could. The streets of the 
cities in India are very narrow. Down one of 
them Omar rushed, refusing to obey his master, 
who commanded him to stop. Omar carried 
everything before him. The bundles on his back 
brushed things out of shop windows. Men and 
even horses were knocked down. At last the 
cords which held the bundles loosened. Everv- 
thing fell from Omar’s back. Then the animal 
stood still, and trumpeted proudly. You see he 
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THE DEER’S VICTORY 


1^0UR red deer were peacefully cropping the 
grass in a valley between high mountains. 
Suddenly they were attacked by a great golden 
eagle. “Do not be afraid,” said Papa Deer. 
“ Run into the woods. I will keep the eagle from 
hurting you.” The eagle dashed fiercely at him, 
but Papa Deer kept his horns lowered. And at 
last the eagle, terribly wounded by their prongs, 
was forced to give up the attack and retreat to his 
eyrie on the cliff above. “Come back,” then called 
Papa Deer. “You see you need never be afraid 
when I am here to protect you.” 

















































































































A NARROW ESCAPE 


D uring a South African hunting trip, while 
out with a friend, I walked unexpectedly into 
the middle of a herd of buffaloes, who scattered in 
all directions. Only one of the herd, that had 
been lying down apart from the rest, stood his 
ground, and I found myself facing the great beast, 
at a distance of a few yards, with but one barrel 
of my gun loaded. I gave him the contents of 
this, but in my haste, the shot did not take effect, 
and the animal charged at me. Grasping the limb 
of a tree, under which I was standing, I drew my¬ 
self up quickly, and was soon safely perched out 
of the animal’s reach. My position, however, was 
not very comfortable, as the tree was a small one, 
and the angry animal stood underneath, pawing 
and bellowing. Happily, my friend, who had 
• been some little distance from me, heard the noise, 

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HOW DJARLI SAVED THE 

CHILDREN 


M ama had taken Helena and Paul to the 
beach, to gather shells. To their delight, 
they found there the great elephant from a circus 
troupe taking his morning bath. 

Suddenly from the sea came a scream. Two 
children had waded out beyond their depth, and 
were drowning. Like a flash, the elephant plunged 
into the sea. He went straight to the drowning 
children. He lifted them carefully, one at a time, 
and hurried them to the shore. And Djarli him¬ 
self seemed almost as happy as the rescued chil¬ 
dren’s father and mother. 



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PHILIP’S STORY 


P HILIP’S ayah was going to the well one day. 

As she reached the tamarisk tree, beside it 
she saw a tiger eating a young deer he had cap¬ 
tured. Philip’s ayah was so frightened that for 
a moment she could not move. Then she turned 
and ran as swiftly as she could back to the bunga¬ 
low. When the tiger found his prey was not to 
be taken from him, he stopped growling, and went 
on with his dinner. There Philip’s father found 
him, and shot him. When anyone speaks of the 
beautiful tiger skin on the veranda of the bunga¬ 
low, Philip always tells this story. 










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SILVERHORNS, THE ELK 


O NE moonlight night, Silverhorns, the Elk, 
escaped from some hunters. So every 
night when the moon rises he lifts his head to the 
sky, and thanks the Moon Queen for saving his 
life. He is a grateful Elk and never once forgets. 
Around him the other Elks gather, and when 
Silverhorn’s song is ended, they chant, “We are 

grateful too.” For they love Silverhorns, king of 

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THE LONG WINTER SLEEP 


I SN’T it surprising that while regular feeding 
seems absolutely necessary to almost all ani¬ 
mals, there are some that go without a mouthful 
of food for months and months? All summer this 
class of animals, which includes the bear, the bat 
and the dormouse, spend their time in the woods 
and fields eating a modest amount. But as the 
days grow colder they devote all their time to 
hunting for food, and eat from morning to night. 
They get very fat and lazy and soon crawl off to 
some snug quarter to sleep through the whole 
winter. The fat that they have gained feeds their 
body and so keeps them from starving. This 
habit is called hibernating. 













































AN UNEXPECTED VOYAGE 


A FAMILY of mice, consisting of father, 
mother and three little ones, who lived in 
a log house on the shore of a river, awoke one 
morning to find themselves huddled together on 
a few inches of decayed board, surrounded by the 
river, cold, rushing, and troubled. The floods had 
come, and their home, like many others, had been 
washed away. Fortunately, they drifted to the 
shore, and at last, very miserable, weak and hun¬ 
gry, one by one they found shelter for the night 
in an old tree. In the morning they discovered 
a delightful old farmhouse, and soon learned 
where the kitchen was and where the cook kept 
her supplies. In a little while they had made 
themselves quite at home, and soon forgot all 
about the little log house. 


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A HUNTER’S MISHAP 


I N Russia they hunt for wolves with a “ squeal 
pig,” as they call it. Wolves are very fond of 
pork, so if you procure a very young pig and put it 
into a sack, — no pig likes to be thus confined,— 
he will squeal as loudly as though he were being 
killed. Every wolf in the forest hears the yelling 
of the pig, and comes to see if there is a chance 
for supper. I started out one day to hunt in a 
forest some distance, and while driving through 
the woods, the sled in which I was riding struck 
an old stump and we were upset, and the pig 
squealed loudly. In an instant we were sur¬ 
rounded by a pack of wolves, which we had to 
beat off with a club, as our rifles were under the 
overturned sled. 
































GREYSKIN’S ADVENTURE 


/^REYSKIN had escaped from the circus, 
and had spent the night roaming about the 
woods, enjoying his freedom. If he had stayed 
there, he might still be free, but the keen morning 
air gave him an appetite, and he went in search of 
food. In a nearby store window there was a most 
tempting display of fruit, and Greyskin broke the 
glass and proceeded to help himself. He was so 
fully occupied with this pleasure that he did not 
see his keepers, who stole up and captured him. 
Poor elephant! back he had to go to the circus to 
do tricks for the rest of his life. 



































































TRAPPED 


C^^OME hunters hit upon the novel idea of 
^ placing a mirror in a trap they had set for 
wild beasts. A leopard was the first one to spy 
it, and he became very angry at the saucy animal he 
thought was looking out at him. As he roared and 
showed his teeth, the other leopard did the same. 
This made him still more angry, and he leaped 
upon the mirror and destroyed it with one crushing 
blow. This loosened the top of the trap, and down 
it came and caught the savage beast securely. 



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THE ADMIRAL’S CRUISE 


'I'TTHEN Tom Winter’s father returned from 
’ ’ South America, he brought a monkey. 
Tom had a boat which he called a man-of-war. 
So he dressed the monkey in a gay uniform, and 
called him the “ Admiral.” The monkey often 
watched the boys sail the boat One day, while 
the boys were on shore, the Admiral unloosed 
the rope, and the boat drifted away. When the 
boys looked up they saw the “ Admiral ” at the 
wheel, trying to steer it as he had seen the boys 
do. They quickly overtook the “Dewey” with 
a rowboat, and brought her back. But the Admi¬ 
ral, from his favorite place on Tom’s shoulder, 
seemed very proud of his mischievous trick. 













































































































































A CLEVER BEAR 


T he chief attraction of a circus in London 
was the clever performance of a young 
black bear, belonging to one of the clowns. This 
bear was so tame he had travelled from Liverpool 
to London, with its master, on the top of a coach, 
and made great friends with its fellow travellers. 
After the bear had performed at the circus, its 
master used to reward it by taking it to a coffee 
house, and here it would sit at the table, with a tall 
hat on, and eat and drink in a truly dignified 
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MAX AND SIEGFRIED 


Siegfried were my two pet chame- 
^ Icons. Do you know a very strange thing 
chameleons do? Turn the color of whatever they 
are on. When Max and Siegfried are running 
on the branches of the trees in my garden, they are 
brown like the bark. But when they are asleep 
on the folds of my moss-green gown, they are col¬ 
ored a beautiful moss-green! They love to sun 
themselves in the trees. If a bird flies toward 
them, they puff out their throats like a ball to 
frighten it. It is fun to see them catch flies. One 
flash of their long, slender tongues, and the fly 
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JAMIE’S PETS 


J AMIE is very fond of animals. One day, 
John the rat catcher came to his father’s 
barn. He had a box of ferrets with him. Jamie 
pitied the ferrets very much, shut up in their dark 
cage. “ Be careful,” said J ohn, “ they will bite 
you.” But Jamie was kind to them. The ferrets 
came to know him, and love him. At last he 
opened the cage door. The ferrets climbed into 
his lap and on his shoulders. “They know I am 
their friend,” said Jamie. He fed them and 
petted them. They trusted him, and followed 
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KING BLANCO 


F ar away, among the highest mountains in the 
world (do you know the name of these moun¬ 
tains?) live the “ Snow Leopards.” Beautiful crea¬ 
tures, whose white skins are spotted with tawny 
yellow. They are very fond of deer and antelope. 
“ Blanco ” is their king. He was chosen king 
because he is the greatest hunter of them all. But 
sometimes even “ Blanco ” is unsuccessful. One 
day he saw some antelopes on the cliff below him. 
“Just what I want for dinner,” he growled hap¬ 
pily. Just then a stone slipped and fell on the 
rock below. The antelopes looked up. They saw 
Blanco. Like a flash, they disappeared. And 

King Blanco did not have any antelope meat for 

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his dinner that day! 





























































THE RACE 


T^APA is a naturalist. He had some very large 
turtles sent him from Florida. Yesterday 
Alice had some little cousins come to visit her. 
“What shall we do first?” Alice asked Papa. 
-H ave a turtle race,” he replied. 

So each of the laughing children mounted a 
turtle. Ned, the gardener, tied some cabbages to 
some sticks, and gave a stick to each child. Tur¬ 
tles are very fond of cabbages. The children 
swung them in front of their noses, and the race 
commenced. Cousin Molly’s turtle won! Oh, it 
was the most exciting race I ever saw. 









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ACILIUS 


I N the Roman Coliseum, 

Brave Acilius stood, 

At his feet three wild beasts crouching. 
In his hand a sword of wood. 

From his golden chair, the Emperor 
Watched the unequal fight; 
Laughing at each savage onset, 

And the wooden sword’s frail might. 

But God fought for brave Acilius, 
That he slew the beasts, all three, 
“Habet,” cried at last Domitian, 

And Acilius was set free! 































THE SURPRISED HYENA 


C LUNGA and Durban were coming home 
from a day’s hunting. They came to the 
entrance of a cave. “ Let us go in, brother,’’ said 
Clunga, “ perhaps we shall find a hyena napping.” 
They crept in. Sure enough, there lay Master 
Hyena sound asleep. Durban flashed his lantern 
in the hyena’s eyes. Now hyenas are afraid of 
a bright light. So, when Master Hyena waked, 
he was so frightened, Clunga had no trouble in 
tying his hind legs together. Then Clunga flung 
him over his shoulder and carried Master Hyena 
away. 

























































































































THE STRANGE NURSEMAID 


D ID you ever see so strange a nursemaid ? 

Yet little Frances is very fond of her, 
Schimmel, the elephant, wheels her about for 
hours, and the flapping of her great ears keeps 
all mischievous insects away. I met little Frances 
in her father’s compound the other day. Schimmel, 
as usual, was pushing the baby carriage. “ This is 
for you,” laughed Frances, holding up to me a 
flower. “ Schimmel picked it.” And Schimmel 
looked as pleased as' Frances to give me the 
flower. 






































































THE OKAPI 


ID you ever hear so strange a name ? Or 
see a stranger - animal? Something like 
an antelope, only larger. Something like a giraffe, 
only smaller. But the Okapi have fine times 
among themselves, and all day long run races 
over the grassy plains which lie at the foot of 
the hills around Lake Albert Edward in Central 
Africa. 











































































HOW TIM HELPED 


“ T_T OW ever shall I get that stew done in 
-L A time for dinner! ” exclaimed May, the 
cook. Tim heard her. Tim is a monkey Uncle 
Ralph brought home with him from India. “I 
will help her,” thought Tim. “ May often gives 
me nice things to eat.” In a flash, he jumped on 
the hot stove, and lifted the lid from the hot sauce¬ 
pan, to see how the stew was cooking. His 
screams quickly brought May from the dining 
room. “It serves you right for meddling,” cried 
May, as Tim crouched in the corner licking his 
burnt paws. But Tim had really meant to help 
her. Only he could not explain. 




























































































































































































































































































































































































THE KIND KANGAROOS 


^ I ''HE wild beasts decided to build a hospital. 

As soon as it was finished, there was 
scarcely an empty bed. But the fox nurses made 
a deal of trouble. They would eat all the “good¬ 
ies” sent for the patients. Sometimes they ate 
so much they became very ill. And they grew 
very stout, while the patients grew very thin. At 
last Doctor Bear had to discharge the fox nurses. 
H e saw each one to the train himself, he was so 
anxious to be rid of them. Then Doctor Bear 
sent for kangaroo nurses. They were very faith¬ 
ful. “ I almost don’t want to get well,” each 
patient would say to Doctor Bear, “Nurse Kan¬ 
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PETER THE SKIPPER 


P ETER is a very clever monkey. His master 
is a boatman. N ear the tower where they 
live, is an island. Peter’s master often goes there 
to pick berries. He fastens the boat by a long 
rope to the shore. Then instead of rowing home, 
he pulls himself back by the rope. Peter has 
always watched him closely. One day, Peter’s 
master put him into the boat all alone. He was 
sure Peter would get back to shore. And Petear 

did. 

“ I always wanted to be a skipper,” Peter 
chuckled to himself. Then he sat down in the 
stem of the boat, and pulled at the rope, sailor 
fashion, just as he had seen his master do. 
“Good Skipper,” cried his master, as the boat 
reached shore safely. 





































“THE COLONEL’S LION” 


A ll day the Colonel and his two friends had 
been on the track of a lion, but could not 
find him. On the elephant’s back, just in front 
of the howdah, sat Gunga, the guide. Suddenly, 
from the jungle a great lion rushed. He sprang 
upon the elephant’s head. Gunga thrust a spear 
into the lion, but the beast did not seem to feel it. 
At last the elephant freed himself. As the lion 
sprang back, the Colonel fired at him. And the 
great “ King of Beasts ” fell dead. They called 
him “ the Colonel’s Lion.” But Gunga always 
declared the elephant had helped the Colonel. 
So Gunga made a garland of lotus flowers, and 
hung it around the elephant’s neck. And that 
night he gave him a double allowance of sugar 
cane for his supper. 




















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THE DISAPPOINTMENT 


“V^OU never saw such a fine piece of cheese 
as I’ve found on the table,” cried Little 
Mouse, to his brothers and sisters. “ Come on, 
come on,” they all exclaimed together, rushing to 
the table. But when they reached the cheese, they 
found something over it. They could see it, but 
they could not even touch it. They climbed over 
and over the glass cover. They tried to push it 
away. But at last, tired out, they had to give up 
all hope of a treat. “Would you ever have be¬ 
lieved,” cried Little Mouse, mournfully, “you could 
be so near anything and not be able to touch it?” 
































































UNCLE JACK’S STORY 


T'T 7E had found the tiger’s lair. The beaters 
* ^ were ready. The hunters and the native 
boys had climbed into the trees around. Under¬ 
neath the tree where I waited was tall heavy 
jungle grass. Suddenly I saw it stir. At first, 
I thought it was the wind blowing. Then out of 
it rose a great head with open mouth and blazing 
eyes. “The tiger, the tiger!” cried my boy. I 
lifted my rifle and fired. Then we climbed to the 
very top of the tree. I was so frightened, I could 
scarcely hold on. But instead of springing at us, 
to our surprise the tiger turned. He crept away 
slowly, leaving a long trail of blood behind him. 
Afterward he was found and killed. But it was 
the narrowest escape I ever had, for I was so 
frightened that, after I fired, my rifle dropped into 
the jungle grass. 




































































HOW THE ELEPHANTS MADE A 

ROAD 


A FEW years ago the Congo Free State Gov¬ 
ernment was constructing a road in the 
northern part of the states. This was intended for 
motor-cars, which were to carry both passengers and 
goods. When over four hundred miles had already 
been completed, a local engineer hit upon the 
happy idea of driving forty elephants up and down 
the line they had marked out for the road. By 
this means the thick undergrowth was trampled 
down, and then it was an easy matter for the na¬ 
tives to complete the task. 




































































TRAINED MONKEYS 


^ I ^HERE was once a famous Italian named 
Donetti, who was very successful in teaching 
monkeys to do all kinds of tricks. After years of 
training, he gave an exhibition of his pets, and sur¬ 
prised his audience with the wonderful feats they 
could accomplish. One of his chief performers 
was “Signore.” Dressed in a quaint fashion, it 
jumped on a slack rope, and danced fancy dances. 
“ Le Superbe ” won a good share of applause by 
tumbling and whirling on a rope, besides playing 
general in a little company of monkey soldiers. 













































UMBA’S LION 


MBA was a little African lad whose fathci 



was my guide when I went lion hunting. 
There was one lion who was the terror of the 
country around. We hunted for him long. One 
day, after dinner, it was so warm and quiet in the 
jungle, I fell asleep. A scream awakened me. 
There stood little Umba, too frightened to move. 
N ear him was the lion, for which we were hunting, 
just ready to spring upon the boy. Umba’s father 
and I fired together, and the great lion fell dead 
The little Umba danced a war dance around the 
dead lion, while all the natives shouted for joy. 






























“MAYA” AND “ALI” 

M ama will tell you how intelligent elephants 
are. H ow they can be trained to do more 
things than any other animals. 

Maya was a very clever elephant. And so 
sweet tempered and obliging, that she was a great 
favorite. By her side, all day, kept Ali, her son. 
She loved him dearly. One day the baby ele¬ 
phant suddenly disappeared. Maya and her keep¬ 
ers hunted for him, but could not find him. Then 
Maya grew fretful and so hard to manage, her 
keepers feared they must sell her. That was her 
way of showing sorrow, for the loss of Ali. At 
length, Maya too disappeared. She was gone for 
weeks. But one morning she came walking hap¬ 
pily from the jungle, with her lost Ali beside her. 
Everyone was happy, and Maya was the happiest 
of all! Once more she was amiable and indus¬ 
trious, working busily all day long. And she 
would often trumpet proudly, as she looked down 
at little Ali, trotting along beside her. 




















































































THE STRATEGY 


O NCE, long ago, there was war between 
France and England. The English laid 
sieofe to Rennes. Amono- the French commanders 
was the brave Bertrand du Guesclin, about whom 
you will like to read when you are older. The 
French had very little food left. Bertrand du 
Guesclin thought of a way to get more. He 
ordered a pig to be let down from the city walls. 
Under them the pigs of the English were running 
around. They were very much interested in the 
strange pig which suddenly appeared in their 
midst. The French pig started for his home 
as fast as he could. The English pigs, a horde 
of them, followed him. One of the city gates 
was opened just enough for a pig to enter. The 
French pig rushed in. The English pigs followed 
after him. When they were all in the French sol¬ 
diers closed the door. There was plenty of, bacon 
in Rennes after that! 

























































































































GENEROUS TEDDY 


E very night, the cabbages in the kitchen 
garden were badly eaten. “ I will give a 
shilling,” said Papa to Teddy and N ed, “ to which¬ 
ever boy will catch that rascal of a rabbit.” Ned 
tried to win the money, by putting nets over the 
rabbits’ holes. But Master Rabbit ate through 
them. At last Teddy took his white ferret and 
put him into a freshly made hole. In a few 
moments the ferret came out with a rabbit in his 
mouth. After that, no more cabbages were stolen. 

“Ned helped me,” said generous Teddy, when 
Papa gave him the shilling. “He shall have half.” 
So the shilling was divided, and both boys were 
happy. 


















THE DISOBEDIENT DEER 


M other deer had warned Fleet never 
to leave the shelter of the forest But 
Fleet wanted to see more of the world. So one 
day he wandered out into the valley. He felt very 
brave and independent 

But Brown Bear was hungry, and hunting for 
something to eat Fleet was just what he wanted. 
He pounced upon hirn. Two vultures had been 
hovering overhead. They, too, saw little Fleet 
They attacked the bear fiercely, hoping to take 
little Fleet from him. But Brown Bear not only 
kept hold of the deer, but defended himself so 
well, the vultures had to give up the struggle, 
and fly back to their nest Poor little Fleet, he 
remembered too late what Mama Deer had told 
him. 





























































































THE MORNING CALL 


TT was the hardest work to make Rosie get up 
in the morning. “ I will make her,” laughed 
Brother Ralph one day. Then he took the basket 
in which were his pet crabs, and went to Rosie’s 
bedroom door. “ It’s time to get up,” he called. 
“ I will, in a minute,” answered Rosie, as usual. 

Then Brother Ralph took three candle ends. He 

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melted one end of each, and taking the crabs one 
at a time from the basket, stuck a candle upon the 
back of each. Then he lighted the candles and 
sent the crabs into Rosie’s room. “ I told you 
I could make her get up! ” he cried triumphantly, 
as Rosie came flying out of the, room calling for 
Mama. 



































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































MILITARY COMMANDS 

T ED’S father is a soldier. Ted has always 
been used to hearing military commands 
given. When he was east at Grampa’s farm last 
summer, he found, to his delight, there were “mili¬ 
tary commands” there! “Fall in,” would cry 
Captain Goose. And at once the goslings would 
drop into the pond. Every night and morning. 
Major Bunny and his Adjutant would review the 
“march past” by the geese. “Attention,” would 
call Master Frog. And the fly upon the reeds 
would stand so still General Frog had no diffi¬ 
culty in catching him. “ Halt,” ordered Sergeant 
Towser, and the mice would stand as still as — 
mice. “ Stand at ease,” would be another order 
given. But the puppy recruits found it rather hard 
to obey. And at morning, noon and night, Bugler 
Chanticleer would summon the pig regiment to 
eat. It was all very amusing to Ted. 




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THE FAVORITES 


G ladys and May live near one of the 
beautiful parks of London, where animals 
are kept. Every morning, before lessons, they go 
there to find their pets. Gladys is especially fond 
of a doe, which is so tame it eats out of her hand. 
But May’s favorites are the guinea pigs, which 
have a cunning little house under a locust tree. 
The guinea pigs squeal happily when May ap¬ 
pears. And they are not a bit afraid of little 
black “ Spitz,” which May always brings with her. 



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THE FRIGHTENED HARES 


T he hares were having a picnic. They had 
seen the hunters go off in another direction 
that morning. So they frisked about in the tall 
grass, and nibbled and played games, and were 
very happy. 

“Who’s afraid?” laughed Frisky, the oldest 
hare. “ Who’s afraid ? ” laughed all the others. 

Suddenly from the sky dropped something ter¬ 
rible. They had not seen Fred on the hillside 
flying his kite. It had fallen amongst the hares! 
“ It’s a comet,” shrieked Frisky. “ It’s a comet,” 
shrieked all the others. And they ran away as fast 
as ever they could. And hares can run very fast. 














































THE PAPER NAUTILUS 


W E were cruising around the Isles of Greece. 

“ See the fairy boat,” cried Edith. Run¬ 
ning to her side, we saw what looked like a tiny 
boat sailing beside ours. “ It’s the first ‘ Paper 
Nautilus ’ I ever saw,” said papa, “ and if the old 
Greeks believed truly, our cruise will be a fortu¬ 
nate one! ” For a long time, we watched the little 
craft, both its “ sails ” widespread, speeding fear¬ 
lessly across the sea. Then it disappeared. “When 
the Mother Nautilus is frightened,” said papa, 
“she draws into her shell the long arms, you call 
‘ oars,’ drops the two sails into her shell also, and 
falls to the bottom of the sea. There she and her 
little ones stay till danger is past, looking like 
nothing more than a common spiral shell I 


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A DIFFICULT MARCH 

T N some parts of Northern India, where the natives 
are very fierce and bloodthirsty and are con¬ 
stantly fighting, English soldiers are stationed-to 
keep order. Once when Lord Roberts, the great 
English General, was commanding in India, he had 
to march with a large body of troops to the relief of 
a city that had been attacked by an army of natives. 
There was no road, and the way led over the moun¬ 
tains, through a wild, barren country. No carriage 
could be used, and all the food, guns, supplies, and 
clothing had to be carried on the backs of mules, 
camels, elephants, and even bullocks. After a hard, 
weary march of nearly three weeks. Lord Roberts 
reached the besieged city, and quickly put the 
attacking army to flight. 





























































AN UNEXPECTED MEETING 


G randpa used to live in Africa. He 
often went lion hunting. One day, he 
went without meaning to. He was going back 
to his bungalow, through the thick jungle grass. 
He had his rifle with him, heavily loaded. All at 
once, from the woods, leapt a great lion, roaring 
and lashing his tail. Grandpa says he thought his 
last hour had come! Then they watched each 
other, Grandpa and the lion. But something 
caused the lion to look up. Grandpa took aim, 
and fired. And King Lion fell dead into the 
jungle grass. “ I never want to go on that kind 
of a lion hunt again,” is the way Grandpa always 
ends the story. 


















































CHASED BY WOLVES 


/TANY years ago in Poland, a man who was 
employed by the government was ordered 
to a distant city. That he might save time, he 
drove through the forest, taking his two sisters and 
his brother with him. All one night they journeyed 
on, and toward morning, though still very dark, 
they were attacked by wolves. There was a whole 
pack of these fierce animals, and though several 
of them were shot down, the rest followed as 
ferociously as ever. The travellers were terribly 
frightened, and had nearly despaired of escaping, 
when daylight came, and enabled them to find 
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A CLEVER FOX 


EYNARD is a very clever animal. He is 
very difficult to capture, and sometimes, 
when chased by dogs or hunters, manages to escape 
in very curious ways. Once in Virginia, an old red 
fox, that had been followed by the hounds for several 
miles and was growing tired, tried a rather clever 
trick. While crossing a piece of rough ground he 
suddenly disappeared; the dogs could not find him 
anywhere, and were running wildly around, yelping 
and howling. When the hunters came up, one of 
them, looking closely, saw Mr. Reynard stretched 
out in a hollow in the side of a log, seemingly dead. 
H owever, when he was prodded with a stick, he 
jumped up and started quickly off, when the dogs 
speedily caught him. 



























































THE GRAY SQUIRREL 


A yTANY gray squirrels make their home in the 
beautiful trees on Boston Common, and 
you can hear them chattering and scrambling 
- among the leafy boughs. So many people have 
fed them with nuts and other things that squirrels 
like, that they have become very tame. Quite fre¬ 
quently you can see one on a man’s shoulder, hunt¬ 
ing for the nuts he has learned to expect. The 
birds too have learned that the people that pass 
through here dally are their friends, and as soon 
as they see a squirrel being fed, they fly up in haste 
to get their share. 

























































































A BICYCLIST ADVENTURE 


A GENTLEMAN was riding alone through 
^ ^ one ol the beautiful forests of Normandy, 
enjoying the fragrance of the pines and wild flowers 
that bloomed about him. Suddenly his pleasure 
ceased, for two wild boars made a rush for him. 
They had been chased by hunters, and were in an 
angry mood. The cyclist knew how vicious wild 
boars are, and so was much frightened. He saw 
that he could not ride faster than they could run 
— for they are very swift — so he jumped to the 
ground, and protected himself with his wheel until 
the approach of the hunters, and the sound of their 
guns frightened the boars away. 
































































THE PIKE 


T he Pike is a very ferocious fish, very 
greedy, and always on the lookout for food. 
A man was passing a small lake one day, when 
his dog started a stoat, which ran out from some 
bushes near the water. The stoat, being pursued, 
jumped into the lake and started to swim away. 
While the man was watching it, the nose of a 
large pike shot out of the water, close by. It had 
been chasing a smaller fish, but seeing the stoat, 
started rapidly in pursuit of that and soon seized 

it in his mouth. Although the stoat struggled 
hard, it was in vain, for the pike quickly dragged 
the animal beneath the water and neither was seen 


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FATHER’S TIGER 


O H, yes, I’m awful fond of that tiger skin. 

Once, when Father was in India, the 
natives of one of the villages came to him. They 
wanted him to kill the tiger which was stealing 
their cattle every night. They knew Father was 
a fine shot. So Father took his rifle, and one of 
the natives, and went out to hunt for that tiger. 
The cruel beast was eating the ox he had killed 
the night before. He was so greedy he did not 
see or hear Father. The native ran away when 
he saw how big the tiger was. But Father took 
careful aim, and fired. And that tiger never 
killed anything more. 






































































































“SENTA 


S ENT A was fishing in the Upper Nile. He 
paddled about amid the tall rushes, and 
already had caught many fish. As he drifted 
along he saw what he thought was a great log 
lying in the water. He paddled up to it. To his 
horror, the log moved. It gave a terrible roar. 
Senta saw that, with no weapon but his short 
spear, he must fight a hippopotamus! And fight 
he did bravely. At last he drove the spear directly 
between the great river beast’s eyes, and the hip¬ 
popotamus rolled over dead. And all the people 
in Senta’s village had a feast that night. Ever 
after they called him, “ Senta, slayer of the 
hippopotamus.” 









































































































































THE MOUSE WHO WENT TO 

PRAYERS 


D octor PEELE was very strict with his 
pupils. All schoolmasters were, one hun¬ 
dred years ago. For it is as long ago as that 
when this “story” happened. The boys were on 
their knees. Doctor Peele was reading morning 
prayers. All at once the boys heard a scratching 
sound. One by one they slyly lifted their heads, 
and coming down the bell rope was a large mouse. 
It was too much for the boys’ self-control and they 
laughed aloud. Doctor Peele looked up from his 
prayer book, both surprised and angry. But when 
he too saw the mouse, which was so anxious to 
come to prayers, he forgave them. One of the 
boys wrote a couplet of which his schoolmaster was 
very proud. 

“There was a mouse, for want of stairs, 

Crept down a rope, to go to prayers.” 























































































































































































































































THE SEA HORSE 


D ID you ever see so strange a “ horse ” as this ? 

And yet that is what they call him, the 
“ Sea Horse.” He lives in the bottom of the sea. 
He wears a coat of mail, as did the horses of the 
Knights in the “ Middle Ages.” His eyes are 
wonderfully bright and far seeing. He is usually 
found standing upright as you see him in the pic¬ 
ture, his tail twisted around a branch of the spread¬ 
ing gorgonia, or “ sea fan.” There he waits for 
the tiny fishes upon which he lives. He is very 
chivalrous to his wife. He does not even allow 
her. to carry her eggs. He saves her even that 
trouble, by carrying them himself, in a pouch under 
his tail. 




































TVIK AND TVAK 


S VEND is a little boy who lives in far away 
Lapland. Do you know what they use for 
horses there? Why, reindeer! With great branch¬ 
ing horns upon their foreheads. They go like the' 
wind, over the fields of snow and ice. 

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Often Svend goes with his father hunting. 
Tvik and Tvak are the two reindeer that draw 
their sledge. And when the day’s work is over, 
Svend and his father climb into the sledge again, 
and Tvik and Tvak start merrily homeward. 
They know well a good supper is awaiting them. 
Svend’s father does not even need to use his whip 
to make them hurry. 
























































































































THE WHITE CHEETAH 


YTAR away among the mountains of Afghanistan 
live the white cheetahs. They are very proud 
of their snowy fur, and when they come back from 
hunting deer and goats, spend a long time in ma¬ 
king their white coats spotless again. They like 
best to hunt at night, especially if the night be 
moonlight. As soon as the moon rises above the 
trees, they come out of-their caves, and their bright 
eyes see at a distance the unlucky animals which 
will be their prey. Then swiftly as the wind they 
leap towards them. 




























































































PLUCKY REYNARD 


T he pack of snarling fox hounds had chased 
Reynard miles and miles across country. 
He was only one, and they were so many. And 
Reynard was nearly worn out. But just then he 
saw the garden wall of a house near by. He made 
for it, the dogs close behind. Reynard sprang 
upon the wall and ran along the coping. “ Here 
he is,” shouted Squire Haynes, peering over the 
wall. Reynard glared angrily at him, then rushed 
ahead. “ Come on, come on,” shouted Squire 
Haynes to the dogs. But they refused to take 
the leap. And plucky Reynard, jumping into the 
garden below, ran across it, and disappeared into 
the woods beyond. 



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THE ALLIGATOR 


Y ears and years ago, when Father was 
young, he went to visit Uncle James in 
Buenos Ayres. That’s in South America. Well, 
■one day he was riding horseback along the shore. 
He saw something shining, lying among the sea 
grasses. He leapt from his horse and ran down 
to see what it was. He had his riding crop in his 
hand. As he neared the strange thing, it sprang 
suddenly upon him. It was a huge alligator. 
“ The largest one I ever saw,” said Father. All he 
had to defend himself with was his riding crop. 
Calling loudly for help, he wrapped his coat 
around his riding crop, and as the alligator sprang 
toward him. Father thrust the coat into his great 
mouth. Again and again the savage beast sprang 
upon him. Father’s strength was almost gone. 
But at last some natives heard his cries, and 
rushing to the spot, put an end to that alligator. 

























































































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THE 


“ARCHER FISH 


the clear waters of the harbor of Rio Janeiro 
L I first saw these strange fishes, swimming 
swiftly back and forth, all covered with scales, 
like the armor the knights used to wear, and 
colored most brilliantly. Like tiny rainbows they 
looked, flashing along in the sea. They live in 

the waters of China, too. The Chinese call them 

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the “Archer Fishes,” because when they go a-hum- 
ing for food, if any prey ventures too near, the 
Archer Fish throws from his longf, narrow mouth 
a drop of water, which kills whatever it touches. 
They are great pets with the Chinese children, 
who keep them in glass jars, and provide flies and 
insects for them to hunt. 


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AT THE LAST MOMENT 


P AUL, the Lion Hunter, had fired his last shot 
And still the great King of beasts crouched 
before him ready to spring. “Now, God help me, ” 
cried Paul, “for nothing else can.” And then, just 
as the beast leaped toward him, came a shot from 
the hillock beyond. The lion gave a terrible roar, 
and fell back dead. “You were in luck that time,” 
laughed a young English sportsman, coming up to 
Paul. “ Another minute, and he would have had 
you sure.” But Paul always felt that it was not 
luck, but the answer to his prayer, which had really 
saved him. 










































































THE CAPTURE OF HASSAN 


H ASSAN was the terror of the whole hill 
country. He was continually stealing 
something, and as yet no one had caught him. 
But one day he made off with the pet gazelle of 
All’s little daughter. Hassan fled to the cliffs, 
Ali following. But as Hassan reached a very 
dangerous corner of the rocks, he stumbled. In 
his efforts to save himself, he let the gazelle 
fall into the gorge below. But in some way, 
H assan had hurt his ankle. There he stood, 
unable to move. And there, Ali captured him. 
All’s little daughter grieved long for her pet 
gazelle, but nevermore was Hassan the terror of 
the villagers in the hill country. 







































THE UNEXPECTED GUEST 


T TAVE you heard about the unexpected guest 
at Pine Ranch last night? We had just 
come in from hunting, and were at supper. When 
we were about half through, the door opened. In 
walked a great black bear. Before we could do 
anything, we were so scared, that bear walked 
straight across to Carter. He stood on his hind 
legs and put his paws about Carter’s neck. Then 
from under the head a laughing face looked out, 
and our “bear” was that rascal Peyton. He’s 
always playing tricks on someone. But I can tell 
you we were scared for a few minutes. And then 
Ralph tried to make us believe he had gone out 
doors because he wanted to see if it was raining. 

























































































































































































THE ESCAPE OF PAPA FOX 


“T TELL you, children,” said Papa Fox, as he 
gathered the little foxes and Mama Fox closer 
to him, “ I thought my last hour had come. J ust 
one little fox, and three men and a pack of dogs 
almost upon him. But I reached that cave which 
you know, where the hole is too small for a man 
or dog to crawl into. Then there was an awful 
explosion. Then one of the men commenced to 
dig. But before he had come near where I 
crouched, the whole side of the hill seemed to 
give way. Men and dogs fell into the field below. 
Then I crawled out, and have come home as fast 
as ever I could to tell you all about it. It didn’t 
seem a fair game. But something took care of 
me. And here I am, safe and sound ! ” 



















THE RABBIT’S ENEMY 


\ STOAT had found a baby rabbit playing 
about the garden, and had caught it, intend¬ 
ing to feast upon this dainty morsel. Just then 
the mother rabbit appeared, however, and attacked 
the stoat furiously, biting it, and chasing it away 
from her young one. She had come too late to 
save it, though, for the little one died as much from 
fright as from the bites of the stoat. This vicious 
little animal will often pursue rabbits for very long 
distances, following the track by the power of scent 
alone. 


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KIM AND MAHMOND 

LL day long Kim and Mahmond worked 
faithfully hauling logs. They commenced 


when the bell rang in the morning. They stopped 
when the bell rang at night. One day the bell 
was out of order and could not be rung. The 
man for whom the two elephants worked ordered 


them to move a great log. They stood perfectly 


still. Their owner coaxed and finally beat them. 
They did not move. At last the men repairing 
the bell tried it. It rang loudly. At once Kim 
and Mahmond gave a snort of approval, and com¬ 
menced work. Do you not think Kim and 
Mahmond were very clever? 
















































































































































































THE UNEQUAL FIGHT 

I ^HERE she blows!” called the man at the 
lookout Then two boats filled with fish¬ 
ermen put off from the ship’s side. They steered 
for the great whale, which had come to the surface 
of the sea. Just as they reached it, two large 
swordfishes attacked it also. Poor Whale ! What 
chance could it have with the cruel harpoons pierc¬ 
ing it on one side, and the sharp teeth of the sword¬ 
fishes on the other ? 






























































































































































































































THE CONCEITED APE 


O NCE there was an ape, who because be 

could do a few things, thought he could do 

everything. One day he saw a carpenter splitting 

a hard plank. He had to use wedges to keep 

the cleft open. “ That is easy enough,” laughed 
» 

Master Ape. “ Anyone could do that.” At last 
the carpenter went home to his dinner. “ I will 
show him how much better I can do it,” said 
Master Ape. So he took a hatchet, and jumped 
on the piece of wood. His long tail hung down 
in the cleft. He chopped away at the wedges. 
When the last one was cut, he started to jump 
down. But the plank had sprung together, and 
held his long tail firmly. There he sat miserable 
until the carpenter came back from dinner. 





































































































































THE SILLY LITTLE PIGS 


S POTTY and her children were having a fine 
time in the orchard. “ How I wish I had 
an apple,” sighed Pinky, looking up at the red 
balls hanging just above his head. “And I,” 
“And I,” chimed in his little brothers and sisters. 

Suddenly a gust of wind sent a shower of 
apples on the ground, and on the backs of the 
little pigs. They were so frightened, they scam¬ 
pered away, as fast as they could. “ Come back,” 
called Spotty, their mother, “You silly little pigs 
to be frightened, when the kind wind sent you the 
very thing you were looking for.” 













































THE PLAYFUL FOXES 


J UST as soon as they are up in the morning, 
the fox family, which lives under the big 
beech tree, commences to play. And except when 
they are napping, they play until it is bed-time. 
They have such fun ! And sometimes Mama Fox 
joins in the game. That is the best fun of all! 

THE FEAST 

^‘T SMELL something perfectly delicious,” said 
our pet hedgehog. “ Why, it’s cheese! ” Then 
he jumped on the table. He poked off the cover 
of the cheese dish with his sharp little nose. “And 
it tasted delicious,” he laughed, when the feast was 
over. Then he curled himself into a ball, and 
went sound asleep. j 






























































HOW MAHLI HELPED 


-^HERE was an uglv cut on little Jelim’s 
^ head. The surgeon wanted to put some 
plaster over it. But J elim, usually so good-natured, 
would not allow Doctor Caiy'l to come near him. 
Jelim’s mother, clever Mahli, stood Jelim’s pee¬ 
vishness as long as she could. Then she put her 
trunk around Jelim, and held him, so he could not 
move. She looked up at Doctor Caryl, as if to 
say, “ Now you can operate.” So Doctor Caryl 
put the plaster on Jelim’s head, and soon the ugly 
cut was all healed. “ But I never could have done 
it without Mahli,” Doctor Caryl always said. 









































































































































THE LEAP FOR LIFE 


P AUL and Jacques were skating over one of 
the vast ice floes in Alaska. Suddenly from 
the forest rushed a pack of hungry wolves. The 
men skated as swiftly as they could, turning'every 
little while to fire their revolvers at the snarling 
beasts behind them. • Little by little the wolves 
were gaining on the men. They were almost 
upon them. But just then men and wolves 
reached a great fissure in the ice, “Jump, Paul, 
jump for your life,” called Jacques, clearing the 
fissure with a leap as he spoke. And Paul did 
jump! And two very thankful boys flew toward 
camp, on the further side of the fissure, too wide 
for the wolves to leap across. 

















































































































































































HARVEY’S LESSON 


H arvey had a fine day’s hunting, and a hare 
and two plump partridges to show for it. 
But the day was warm, and Harvey was tired. 
Instead of going straight home, he hung the game 
from a peg on the stile, and lay down “ for a min¬ 
ute,” in a shady spot. But his “minute” was 
longer than he knew. Now, Master Reynard was 
also hunting. He saw the game, and the sleeping 
boy. Like a flash he dragged down the hare and 
the partridges. Heavy as his burden was, he suc¬ 
ceeded in making off with it into the woods. 
When Harvey waked, there was his rifle and 
game pouch, but only some scattered feathers to 
tell where the birds and hare had been. “ I sup¬ 
pose it serves me right,” said Harvey, as he went 
ruefully toward home. “Anyway I shan’t go to 
sleep again after I’ve been hunting until I go 
to bed.” 















































































































































A NARROW ESCAPE 


/'~\NCE while Father was hunting in East 
Africa, he was riding ahead of his com¬ 
panions, when suddenly a great lion leaped at his 
horse. Of course “ Sultan ” (that’s the horse) 
jumped, and Father was thrown to the ground. 
The lion sprang for him, and just as he did, an¬ 
other lion rushed from the woods, and started for 
“ Sultan.” But the horse could run more swiftly 
than the lion. And finally the lion gave up the 
chase, and came back to help his mate. Mean¬ 
while Father was fighting the lion which had 
attacked him. All the weapon he had was a 
sheath knife. But he struck agfain and asfain with 

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that, calling loudly for his hunting companions. 
Finally, after Father was terribly wounded, his 
knife reached the lion’s heart. 

























THE HUNGRY ELEPHANTS 


T he jungle elephants were very hungry. So 
hungry, they came to the village. Then 
the leader of the elephants trumpeted to the others, 
“Yonder is the white man’s barn, and it is full of 
grain. Do you like grain, my brothers?” And 
the elephants answered together, “We do.” So 
they marched up very silently to the granary, 
and each in turn attacked it with his sharp tusks. 
Finally a large hole was made in the side, and 

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every one had as much grain as even a hungry ele¬ 
phant could wish. “ You see, my brothers,” said 
the leader of the herd, as at sunrise they went back 
into the jungle, “how much can be accomplished 
when one helps the other.” 









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THE BATTLE WITH THE WOLVES 

U NCLE VICTOR was one of the civil 
engineers when the Trans-Siberian railway 
was built. Once he and a companion were camp¬ 
ing out. They built a little hut of bark and pine 
boughs and went hunting every day, and had a fine 
time. One night they were sitting in the hut talk¬ 
ing about home, when they heard the sound of 
snarling outside. Uncle Victor peeped out, and 
there was a great pack of Siberian wolves, their 
long, cruel tongues hanging from their mouths. 
All night the battle between the two men and the 
wolves raged. At last Uncle Victor shot the 
leader of the wolves, when suddenly the pack turned 
and disappeared into the forest, leaving their dead 
leader behind. That’s the gray skin which hangs 
on the wall of Uncle Victor’s “den” in St 
Petersburg. 









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THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS 


F ar away on the opposite side of the world, 
in Australia, these strange animals live. 
They are very proud of their soft fur, and spend 
much time keeping it smooth and shining. But 
they take good care of their little ones. If e 
could lift those large leaves, I think we should 
find a hole, lined with grass, where the children 
of these two are. 

THE SURPRISE 

^"T^HE prairie dogs were having a fine time 
scampering about in the grass and over the 
hillocks. Suddenly a great rattlesnake darted 
among them. In an instant the prairie dogs ran 
into their holes, very frightened little creatures. 
All but one, which the snake had struck with its 
cruel fangs. He , lay on the ground very cold 
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REYNARD’S DISAPPOINTMENT 


O NE of the gamekeepers had hung a dead 
crow from a tree, to frighten away the 
other crows. “ Here’s a treat,” laughed Master 
Reynard, as he came through the wood. “A bird 
that sleeps as soundly as that ought to be caught! ” 
He came very carefully to the tree, as carefully 
jumped, and pulled down the bird. “And all that 
danger for a crow,” he said, remembering how 
many gamekeepers were searching for mischievous 
foxes. “ Next time. I’ll look more carefully before 
I leap, no matter how hungry I may be.” 








































“JIM” 


“ TIM” was the “mascot” on the man-of-war 
“ Blake.” The sailors were very fond of 
him. One afternoon the sailors put some specta¬ 
cles on Jim’s nose. They stood him on one of 
the skylights and told him to give them a lecture. 
J im chatted away for a while. Suddenly a sailor 
appeared carrying a mop. Jim did not like the 
mop. He forgot he was supposed to be a pro¬ 
fessor. He made a leap for the mop. But in 
some way, he stumbled and fell, splash, into a tub 
of water beneath. How the sailors laughed! 







































































































































































































ADMIRAL JIM 


T H IS is another story of “ J im,” the “ mascot ” 
of the man-of-war “ Blake.” One of the 
ship’s tailors made J im an admiral’s uniform; 
dress hat and all. Jim felt very proud when he 
wore it. One afternoon the pilot came on board. 
Jim met him, and pretended to welcome him. 
“Get away, you monkey,” cried the pilot. But 
Jim only chattered and bowed the more. Finally 
the pilot tried to push him away. But h. slipped 
and fell on the smooth deck. Jim stood there 
laughing at his plight. And all the sailors laughed 
at the pilot, and at Jim too. 














































































































JIM THE ADMIRAL 


A MOTHER day, as two of the “middies” 
^ came on deck, they saw Jim dressed in his 
admiral’s uniform, sitting gravely on one of the 
skvlisrhts. In front of him stood a sailor. The 
monkey and the sailor were gazing thoughtfully at 
each other. “ What on earth are you two doing?” 
cried one of the middies. “ I just asked the 
admiral lor shore leave,” laughed the sailor, “and 
he’s making up his mind whether he will give it 
to me! ” 







































































































ANOTHER STORY OF “ADMIRAL 

JIM” 

O NE day the middy chums were crossing the 
for’ard deck. They looked very spick and 
span, and their blue caps were set at just the 
right angle on their heads. Suddenly from above 
dropped a banana skin. Both middies looked up 
quickly. On the rigging sat “Jim,” with a 
peeled banana in one paw. “You young rascal,” 
cried Ward, “when I catch you I’ll teach you not 
to throw banana skins on the deck.” “ But you 
won’t catch me,” chuckled Jim, as he climbed to 
the very top of the mainmast. And there, naughty 
monkey, he sat, and ate his banana with a,relish. 



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